Orange Institution

...to link the parading issue to the transfer of justice powers. He said it was "absolutely preposterous" to make a demand on behalf of the Orange Order for the abolition of the Parades Commission. The deputy first minister said it was now up...

In this article: DUP, Peter Robinson, Sinn Fein, Martin McGuinness, and Orange Order

Billy Leonard was Coleraine Borough Council's first Sinn Fein councillor He was once a member of the Orange Order and the RUC reserve, but when he takes his seat in the Assembly it will be as a member of Sinn Fein. Coleraine councillor...

In this article: Sinn Fein, Orange Order, SDLP, Francie Brolly, and Ireland

A former Northern Ireland police officer, who was once also a member of the Orange Order, has been selected to join Sinn Fein's team in the region's Assembly. At a selection convention republicans in Co Derry chose Coleraine councillor...

In this article: Sinn Fein, Orange Order, SDLP, Francie Brolly, Northern Ireland, and Ireland

...Association, lives in the old village dispensary - a pharmacy of days gone by. The dispensary is next door to the house where the Orange Order was founded after the Battle of the Diamond in 1795. Mandy is originally from Belfast but...

In this article: Loughgall, Litter, and Belfast

...because if you pay for one it sets a precedent and we would have to pay for everyone. "It could be the British National Party or the Orange Order, but beyond that, I don't want to have to pay for marches from the SNP, Labour, the Liberal...

In this article: St Andrew's Day, Labour, Orange Order, British National Party, and Liberal Democrats

...minister, called a halt. Members of his Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) needed to see more "confidence-building measures" on issues such as Orange Order parades before he could give his final approval. Even the promise of a further GBP20m for...

In this article: Northern Ireland, Peter Robinson, Police Service of Northern Ireland, Democratic Unionist Party, Orange Order, Gordon Brown, and Belfast

...Irish News reports that the leading loyalist Mark Harbinson, who's accused of raping a 13 year-old girl, has been suspended from the Orange Order pending the outcome of the case. The paper describes it as "a highly unusual move". The News...

In this article: Britain, David Cameron, Europe, Department of the Environment, Taoiseach, Irish Independent, Daily Mail, and Orange Order

...at the building for almost a century without the authorities realising the significance it could hold for military historians and the Orange Order. The parchment document was written by the Paymaster General Thomas Coningsby and includes a...

In this article: Orange Order, William III, Battle of the Boyne, Belfast, and James II

...Content Subscription with the Press Association site. To read this article in full you must be registered with the site. The head of the Orange Order has branded the growth in support for the SNP as the "biggest problem" facing the...

In this article: Orange Order, Nationalism, Scotland, All rights reserved, and Scotland on Sunday

Navigation - link to other main sections from here Orange Order to take on SNP in bid to save the Union The Scottish Labour Party moved rapidly yesterday to distance itself from a potentially combustible political alliance after the...

In this article: Orange Order, Labour Party, Scotland, Tories, Nationalism, Roman Catholic Church, and Scottish Labour Party